New Year’s Eve 2022 In, Around Manchester, New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, NH — It is almost time to begin anew.

But first, we have to say "Goodbye" to 2022. Whether it is dancing and enjoying music, dinner and wine, or comedy events, or even all three, there is a lot of fun to be had on New Year's Eve in New Hampshire.

Here is a look at some events happening around New Hampshire:

• New Years Eve Party: Dance & Indulge at Bank of NH Stage in Concord
• New Years Eve Gala at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua with Kevin Lee and Tim McKeever
• NYE Comedy Show at McCues Comedy Club in Portsmouth with Rodney Norman and more
• First Night 2023 In Portsmouth Will Kick Start 400th Festivities
• Encore of the Lights at Charmingfare Farm in Candia
• New Year’s Eve Ride at Charmingfare Farm on High Street in Candia

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

Other Fun Things To Do

• Bedford Village Inn New Year's Eve Dinner
• New Year's Eve Comedy at Murphy's Taproom in Bedford
• Averill House Vineyard New Year's Even Dinner in Brookline
• Swinging Big Band New Year’s Eve Dinner at the LaBelle Winery in Derry
• Children’s Museum New Year’s Celebration in Dover
• New Year’s Eve Partybration at Santa’s Village in Jefferson
• The Masquerade Ball New Year’s Eve Gala in Manchester
• Greenleaf New Year's Eve Dinner in Milford
• Chunky's Cinema New Year's Eve Comedy Special
• Governor's Inn in Rochester New Year's Eve Extravaganza

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March, when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining improved versions of ourselves. The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are myriad reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse for gaining weight, for example, and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.

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